People v. Somerville

HODGES, Justice. *

Defendant, Bruce A. Somerville, appeals from a judgment of conviction of felony menacing entered on a jury verdict. We affirm.

The evidence at trial established that on March 12, 1982, defendant, in a despondent and agitated condition, appeared at the Boulder County Justice Center armed with a knife and a pair of scissors. In the course of a confrontation with persons there, defendant put his arm around a police officer’s neck and held the knife against the officer’s throat, shouting, “Stay away, or I’ll kill him.” Defendant was then disarmed by other policemen.

Although…